"He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts."

Whately, Richard on Failure
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"A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune."

Whately, Richard on Habit
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"Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man."

Whately, Richard on Honesty
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"In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us."

Whately, Richard on Judgment and Judges
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"Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword."

Whately, Richard on Argument
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"Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument."

Whately, Richard on Argument
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"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it."

Whately, Richard on Losers and Losing
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"To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself."

Whately, Richard on Manners
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"Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one."

Whately, Richard on Men
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"It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary."

Whately, Richard on Neglect
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"As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, What is truth?"

Whately, Richard on Truth
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"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

Whately, Richard on Truth
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"Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light."

Whately, Richard on Communication
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"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

Whately, Richard on Curiosity
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